20 Actors Who Played Music’s Biggest Icons in Biopics

When it comes to tackling the lives of music's biggest icons, biopics shoot for the stars — still, some don't quite make it out of orbit.

Of course, there are valid reasons a biopic might not pan out as planned: Sometimes, it's a matter of bad timing. In other cases, taste comes into question — especially when the subject has recently died. Then, most offensively, there are times when the actor cast is a total mismatch for the role.